"Immigration officials released an undocumented Alabama woman from
custody on Thursday, about four hours after a Democratic congressman
told Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano about her case. The woman, a 19-year-old named Martha, was stopped on Dec. 3 for
driving without lights...

"The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) urged the Department of Homeland Security
today to end raids by federal immigration agents that have terrorized
north Alabama families and that undermine federal efforts to protect the
civil rights of the state’s Latino community in the wake of...

"Sheriff Jimmy Harris confirmed the raids and said many were housed
at the DeKalb County Detention Center. 'They brought seven to our office one day and eight another day,'
Harris said. 'They have all been shipped out to Louisiana.'" - Times-Journal, Dec. 16, 2011 . [NOTE...

"A spokesman with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said a
review would be conducted on raids carried out by Immigration and
Customs Enforcement officers recently targeting [unauthorized] immigrants
in Fort Payne and Collinsville. "The Department of Homeland Security has directed...

Hats off to Lisa Riordan Seville and Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, for exposing, in detail, how ICE bowed to political pressure to keep a sub-par immigration jail (Etowah County Detention Center, a.k.a. 'hell on Earth') open in Gadsden, Alabama. Here are the links:
When feds sought to shutter...

Report Faults Procedures for Issuance of NTAs |
On October 22, 2013, the Center for Immigrants’ Rights at Pennsylvania State University Law School released a report criticizing various practices related to the issuance of Notices to Appear in removal proceedings. Based on a survey and documents...